"They" is mostly me, I think, and the increase is due partly to it being
spring and partly due to a couple of intense weeks of early morning
birding I did just after I first spotted the crakes.
Unfortunately I haven't been out there for several weeks now. I had a
couple of very quick looks about a week ago but didn't see them. That
may be because I didn't look for long enough, because I only had my
dodgy compact binoculars, because I had noisy kids with me (climbing on
the rails of the viewing platform), or because they aren't there now.
I did see and report that I thought I'd heard an Australian Bittern a
week or so ago, but didn't hear it again.
With the recent heavy rain the pond level will be up a bit, so they
might be harder to see now too. If I get out there soon I'll certainly
let you know if I see them.
Peter Shute
Paul Dodd wrote on Wednesday, 21 November 2007 4:32 PM:
> They seem to be getting some interesting birdies there. Are
> the Baillon's Crakes still there, I wonder?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Peter Shute
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 9:13 AM
> To: McGowan, John; Birding-aus; Claire Bartron
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] RE:Song Thrush
>
> I can't remember if I reported it, but I saw one at Mt St
> Joseph Pond (Altona, Vic) a few weeks ago, a couple of
> mornings in a row. It was sitting on a rock on the north
> side of the path that runs along the north side of the pond,
> and it dived into the line of trees on the other side of the path.
>
>
>
> wrote on Tuesday, 20
> November 2007 10:44 PM:
>
>> G'day Birders
>> Saw a Song Thrush in Sanctaury Lakes (Point Cook) on 2 successive
>> days this week.
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